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Maternity Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has decided who the members of the maternity and neonatal taskforce will be.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
22 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has decided who the members of the maternity and neonatal taskforce will be.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    We are now finalising taskforce membership based on valuable feedback from some families and those who work in the maternity and neonatal sector. The members of the taskforce will be announced in due course.The taskforce will include family representative...

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